BDI member DCA has helped Chubb to realise the new range by developing a series of intuitive features focused on the needs of the users.

As part of a raft of measures announced by business secretary Vince Cable to tackle copyright infringement, The City of London police is to establish an intellectual property crime unit. The police force, which already specialises in intellectual property crime, will set up a dedicated unit to target illegal downloaders next year.

The International Design Excellence Awards is the premier international competition recognizing and promoting design excellence across a number of industries and disciplines. BDI is a UK strategic partner.

BDI member PDT has married the world’s most widely used braille writer with first-of-its-kind multi-sensory technology to make learning and teaching braille easier.

BDI member DCA has been selected as Hitachi Rail Europe’s design partner responsible for the interior design of the Super Express trains that form a key part of the DfT’s Intercity Express Programme (IEP).

With summer temperatures reaching 43 degrees, the people of Rio de Janeiro are reluctant to ride their bikes to work even though they’ve over 270km of cycle paths. BDI member MJV Technology & Innovation, a Brazilian consulting company, has come up with a solution to overcome arriving at work all hot and sweaty.

BDI member Lisa Tse has been appointed to the prestigious award judging panel which includes journalist Hilary Alexander, former Marie Claire Editor Marie O' Riordan, designer Maria Grachvogel and retail expert Frances Card.

The ‘Breeze’ high chair is the latest in an expanding range of commercial baby changing products designed and developed by BDI member Creactive Design for Magrini over the last ten years.

BDI member C-Tech is leading a multinational consortium for the MAPSYN project, which aims to identify innovative ways of intensifying chemical reactions that can then be scaled up into cost and energy efficient manufacturing solutions for the personal care, pharmaceutical, household and agricultural industries.

A new survey by Design Industry Voices, which looks at the design industry workforce, paints a portrait of a sector in flux. 460 design professionals who work within design or digital agencies were asked to share their views anonymously about how it feels to work within their agencies right now.

BDI member Creactive Design has designed the latest demo units for the RealVNC roadshow, which showcases their latest in-vehicle mobile technology and has already travelled to Detroit, Tokyo and Munich.

ANA (Aeropuertos de Portugal), the state-owned company that operates eight of the key Portuguese Airports, asked BDI member Engine Service design to create a passenger services strategy together with a suite of value-add services that would help develop a meaningful relationship with passengers and build the ANA brand.

It can take up to 20 years for a new procedure to go from first implementation to global practice. BDI member Live|work has helped the NHS develop a digital diagnostic tool that will speed up this process.

Plans to remove creative subjects from the UK curriculum are “short-sighted insanity” and “one of the biggest mistakes in British government” according to incoming D&AD president Neville Brody.

The FDU60, designed by BDI member C-Tech Innovation, eliminates the problems and health hazards associated with food waste storage - particularly in naval vessels where space is always at a premium.

BDI member Flintriver were selected by RCCC to redesign their logo in time for the European Curling Championships. The RCCC is the national governing body for curling in Scotland and is one of the largest governing bodies for sport in Scotland with in excess of 13,000 members in over 600 clubs.

The UK design industry has written an open letter to education minister Michael Gove asking him to reconsider his proposal to exclude design and the arts from the EBacc (English Baccalaureate) qualification that he wants in place of the current GCSE exams.

To celebrate its 100 edition New Design showcases 100 exceptional products that have been nominated by consultancies and design conscious agencies to reflect the breadth of achievement within the professional design community.

Co-Innovate is a two year European Regional Development Fund supported project to bring together the internationally renowned work of Brunel’s School of Engineering and Design with London-based small and medium sized enterprises to make a significant impact in innovation and new product development in the region.

The PT Mini is a powerful personal video communications device that is designed to work with any screen or monitor and is the first of its kind. StarLeaf needed a casework design to compliment the design language already defined by BDI member Creactive across their range of products.